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[Cy Mitchell]

Ummm yeah, I was just in a game with a Machine Gun toting Locust.....5 kills..including my almost fresh Nova. They hurt now.

[Y E O N N E]

GOOD.

[Juodas Varnas]

About bloody time!

[FupDup]

Does the 6 MG Spider finally have a devastating effect on the back of an Atlas, like it was said to in legend?

[N a p e s]

Ohhhhh yes! I'm gonna be rebuilding some old LBX+MG builds!

[Y E O N N E]

SHC-P with 6x MG and 1x cUAC/10.

Edited by Yeonne Greene, 13 December 2016 - 01:07 PM.

[N a p e s]

Yeonne Greene, on 13 December 2016 - 01:06 PM, said:

SHC-Prime with 6x MG and 1x cUAC/10.

Here here!

[Weeny Machine]

My Huggin...4 kills 647 dmg...it seems my love is back *sniff, weep, joy*. Sorry, I will leave the forum now and hump some assault like there's no tomorrow

Yeonne Greene, on 13 December 2016 - 01:06 PM, said:

SHC-P with 6x MG and 1x cUAC/10.

Gotta try this

Edited by Bush Hopper, 13 December 2016 - 01:10 PM.

[Kmieciu]

First match in a 4xMG 2xLL Urbanmech

Enjoy them before they're nerfed into oblivion again.

[Big Tin Man]

...so the following mechs are back from the dead?

Spider 5K
Ember
Huggin
Arrow
4mg UM-60
Pirate's seizure
Kit Fox 4mg
Viper 4mg
Shadowcat 6-7mg
Dapperjager
edit: 6 mg KCG for epic lolz

YAY!!!!!

Edited by Big Tin Man, 13 December 2016 - 01:24 PM.

[RestosIII]

FupDup, on 13 December 2016 - 01:02 PM, said:

Does the 6 MG Spider finally have a devastating effect on the back of an Atlas, like it was said to in legend?

Just checked in the testing ground, 13 seconds with 7 MGs on the Shadowcat to kill an Atlas firing on its rear CT. I think I can finally use a non-lore build and have fun again.

[Weaselball]

RestosIII, on 13 December 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

Just checked in the testing ground, 13 seconds with 7 MGs on the Shadowcat to kill an Atlas firing on its rear CT. I think I can finally use a non-lore build and have fun again.

I just hope the balance overlord doesn't read this and think a nerf is necessary. 13 seconds with SEVEN of any weapon system to kill a mech in the back, stationary, is a long time :-P But its better than it was, so yay!

[Kangarad]

RestosIII, on 13 December 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

Just checked in the testing ground, 13 seconds with 7 MGs on the Shadowcat to kill an Atlas firing on its rear CT. I think I can finally use a non-lore build and have fun again.

keep in mind that the testing grounds have standart armour values... aka way more in the back than the average player would do

[Oberost]

RestosIII, on 13 December 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

Just checked in the testing ground, 13 seconds with 7 MGs on the Shadowcat to kill an Atlas firing on its rear CT. I think I can finally use a non-lore build and have fun again.

And keep in mind that this 13 seconds are against a stock Atlas with20 armor points in the rear side torso and 28 in the rear center. Now do the test with the frontloaded armour that everybody has.

Enjoy...

[Mole]

I'm happy. But I am also not optimistic that this will last. Tears will flow and MGs will be nerfed.

[Big Tin Man]

RestosIII, on 13 December 2016 - 01:18 PM, said:

Just checked in the testing ground, 13 seconds with 7 MGs on the Shadowcat to kill an Atlas firing on its rear CT. I think I can finally use a non-lore build and have fun again.

Can somebody please provide a frame of reference with a 6 c-spls ACH?

[Moonlight Grimoire]

Weaselball, on 13 December 2016 - 01:22 PM, said:

I just hope the balance overlord doesn't read this and think a nerf is necessary. 13 seconds with SEVEN of any weapon system to kill a mech in the back, stationary, is a long time :-P But its better than it was, so yay!

Balance Overlord effectively threw his hands in the air and hired a new guy to do it who reports to him and Russ, so, safe to say the new MG's will stay since they aren't instant gib territory. It is also why we get all that blue text explaining why things got changed in patch notes. Whoever the new person is, glad you are around, fresh eyes are very much helping this game.

[Bud Crue]

I admit, that of the incoming changes, this is one I am looking forward to the most. Each weight class I have at least one "machine gun build" that has been neglected for a long time, and now they might get dusted off and brought out (at least until PGI nerfs em again...so enjoy it while it lasts). Hell, I might even rebuild the ole troll Jagger DD with 2 LPL or 2PPC and 6 MGs just for old time sake.

[1453 R]

More important than the core-an-Atlas kill time is the notion that machine guns might actually live up to their supposed ability to add some 'free' DPS to a lighter 'Mech build. Any chance a Viper or Ember or anything else has to pop fire for a couple-odd seconds against a distracted target, those machine guns can now land their damage more reliably, and still without impacting the heat bar. They're still awful at facetime fights and worse than pulse lasers for straight brawling, but they're possibly a decent supplement for cowardly conniving backstabbers now.

Edited by 1453 R, 13 December 2016 - 02:41 PM.

[Bud Crue]

1453 R, on 13 December 2016 - 02:41 PM, said:

More important than the core-an-Atlas kill time is the notion that machine guns might actually live up to their supposed ability to add some 'free' DPS to a lighter 'Mech build. Any chance a Viper or Ember or anything else has to pop fire for a couple-odd seconds against a distracted target, those machine guns can now land their damage more reliably, and still without impacting the heat bar. They're still awful at facetime fights and worse than pulse lasers for straight brawling, but they're possibly a decent supplement for cowardly conniving backstabbers now.

Conniving backstabbers?
Screw that! I'm putting em on my Maulers (for an evening or two).